Article Archive for October 2011

The Gold-Platnium Standard in Diorama’s: Miniatur Wunderland, Hamburg
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Posted in Design, Gadgets, Toys on 14 October 2011
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Behold how to spend millions of dollars/Euro’s … playing … Overview-Intro Video The airport – yea, just a little impressive … Airport Video … Airport Finished … At Night … You can find a whole slew of their videos here. The museum is in Hamburg Germany … if you’re following their footsteps, time to get […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Mater Saves Christmas “Repeat”
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 14 October 2011
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Some people thought the new 2011 Mater Saves Christmas box set featured slightly different CARS as they now had plastic tires … But last years releases of Whee-Hoo Winter Mater (aka: Snowcap Mater) & Snowplow LM had plastic tires also … so … same as it ever was. If you are not a packaging collector, […]

Everything You Wanted to Know About the Milwaukee Brewers Sausage Race
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Posted in Advertising, Sports on 13 October 2011
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They appeared from behind the left-field fence in the middle of the sixth inning, five tall, costumed wieners with heads like Easter Island statues but wearing hats. You are a true BREW CREW if you can name all five … The sausages are considered mascots and have names. Brett, the bratwurst, is identified by his […]

Classy Barbie Goes to the Museum
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Posted in Mattel on 13 October 2011
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Barbie’s not just about going to beach now apparently … “The Museum Collection is a new Barbie Collector series inspired by top museums around the world and their most iconic classic masterpieces. It is art with a fashion fusion twist taking the tone and manner of selected famous paintings and reinterpreting them through fashion as […]

Super Mario Converse Chuck Taylors – Only in Japan …
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Posted in Design on 13 October 2011
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Ddddduuuuddddddddde – how can any Chuck Taylor’s only be available in Japan? Isn’t that kind of like a Harley or a Zippo only available in Japan? What is up with that? Even the box is super sweet … They are available on Yahoo Auctions – Japan (bigger than eBay there).

Conflict History – Man, War & Google Maps
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Posted in News on 12 October 2011
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It’s still in BETA so while there is a search (top right) … sadly and sadly, all the minor and major conflicts, skirmishes and wars are listed, it’s a little hard to access … but an interesting start … Conflict History.com. If you reload the main page, it will randomly select an era. To navigate […]

Apple iPhone 4S – You Can Be Siri-ious Delirious
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Posted in iPhone on 12 October 2011
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Of course, while nearly everyone who owns an iPhone can upgrade for free to IOS 5, the new SIRI feature only works on the iPhone 4S … and it looks pretty freakin’ amazing in action … STUFF.TV shows you all the things it can understand and do and at the end, an British accent means […]

The iPhone 4S Power Button Move & a Protective Case …
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Posted in IOS, iPhone on 12 October 2011
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Of course, now that you are getting the new iPhone 4 and when your 2-year old needs it, the Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn Apptivity Case (for iPhone/ipods) is out … or if you don’t want to lose your phone and/or you like biting your phone and/or drooling on it … 🙂 Fisher Price also offers […]

Disney Animal Kingdom Park Orlando: Avatar Land Coming in 2016
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Posted in Disney on 11 October 2011
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Disney will create an elaborate “Avatar Land” by 2016 in their Orlando Animal Kingdom Park … Of course, there’s already a giant freakin’ tree there … 🙂 Cameron said when he was initially approached by Disney for a partnership, he thought it would be only for a ride themed on the animated 3D movie and […]

The New Official FaceBook iPad App is Out
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Posted in Internet, IOS, ipad on 11 October 2011
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The official FACEBOOK iPhone app has been “universalized” so it loads the full screen iPad version if you access the Facebook through the iPad. Okay, we might need to spruce up our Facebook page a little bit but there’s some other site that seems to take up most of my internet time … no, not […]